[Bug 1824688] Re: date+%-Y -d "- N years" errors when N > 111

[C de-Avillez]

re-assigning bug to glibc

** Package changed: coreutils (Ubuntu) => glibc (Ubuntu)

** Description changed:

  I have been using 'date +%-Y -d "- 2010 years" in a script for years but
  today after using the script after upgrading to disco it has failed.
  
  After some experimentation it succeeds with upto 111 years but fails
  from 112 onwards.
  
  Error given is:
  
  'date: invalid date '- 112 years'.
  
  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 19.04
  Package: coreutils 8.30-1ubuntu1
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 5.0.0-11.12-generic 5.0.6
  Uname: Linux 5.0.0-11-generic x86_64
  ApportVersion: 2.20.10-0ubuntu27
  Architecture: amd64
  Date: Sun Apr 14 10:59:36 2019
  InstallationDate: Installed on 2017-10-08 (553 days ago)
  InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 16.04.2 LTS "Xenial Xerus" - Release amd64 (20170215.2)
  SourcePackage: coreutils
  UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to disco on 2019-04-13 (1 days ago)
+ 
+ BYPASS (probable, not confirmed in all possible scenarios):
+ 
+ use TZ=UTC:
+ 
+ export TZ=UTC, or env TZ=UTC program

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Title:
  date+%-Y -d "- N years" errors when N > 111

Status in glibc package in Ubuntu:
  Confirmed

Bug description:
  I have been using 'date +%-Y -d "- 2010 years" in a script for years
  but today after using the script after upgrading to disco it has
  failed.

  After some experimentation it succeeds with upto 111 years but fails
  from 112 onwards.

  Error given is:

  'date: invalid date '- 112 years'.

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 19.04
  Package: coreutils 8.30-1ubuntu1
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 5.0.0-11.12-generic 5.0.6
  Uname: Linux 5.0.0-11-generic x86_64
  ApportVersion: 2.20.10-0ubuntu27
  Architecture: amd64
  Date: Sun Apr 14 10:59:36 2019
  InstallationDate: Installed on 2017-10-08 (553 days ago)
  InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 16.04.2 LTS "Xenial Xerus" - Release amd64 (20170215.2)
  SourcePackage: coreutils
  UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to disco on 2019-04-13 (1 days ago)

  BYPASS (probable, not confirmed in all possible scenarios):

  use TZ=UTC:

  export TZ=UTC, or env TZ=UTC program

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